Another NPR article calls this the Summer of Hate, somehow equating the 1969 Summer of Love to this mob uprising. While there probably are some ex-hippies amongst the firebreathers shouting down democracy, I doubt it’s really the same crowd. These are probably the same ilk shucking duty like W or draft dodging through loopholes like Cheney as opposed to serial protesters.
Either way, they are angry, scared fools easily manipulated by the GOP.
Another fine Miyazaki movie. I can’t wait to see this.
There is a huge amount of anger, and potential boycotting of Whole Foods. This is ever since their CEP wrote this editorial in the Wall Street Journal:
I’ve read it, and some of his points are valid. Others are utter bullshit. He – and his ghostwriter, the hateful Clintonite/FAUXNews troll Lanny Davis – swear it isn’t attack on the President. I beg to differ.
Here is a three-step example of how to attack the President on health care reform:
1. Write it in the Wall Street Journal. They don’t even pretend to be “fair and balanced”. They are pro-business and anti-everything-that-isn’t, all the time.
2. Have your article headlined using the word “ObamaCare”, which is GOP speak for “we will never vote for anything having the tacit blessing of a black President”.
3. Begin your article with an anti-socialism quote by Margaret Thatcher.
Still think I believe you were planning a well-meaning, middle-of-the-road sensible argument? You must think I’m a teabagging deather/birther/healther/incest-loving Republican.
In the article, he ties his company to his wingnut views by basically stating that we don’t need health care reform because all we need to do is buy and eat from Whole Foods.
Wow.
This is bizarre seeing as he recently stated that his stores sell a lot of junk. Hmm, isn’t that an odd admission from a supposed healthy food merchant?
The LA Times covers the brouhaha and The American Prospect provides some background on why Whole Foods isn’t as darling of an operation as you might have thought. We used to have some Wild Oats out here so I kind of knew some of this stuff.
Slate has an old article that I remember reading concerning the false “good” of our big organic food stores.
To their credit? Whole Foods now hosts a forum section dedicated to the editorial. Granted, they apparently deleted a multitude of threads prior to this move, so give that all the grains of salt you need to.
My favorite so far is this one created by an illiterate neo-con who now plans to shop at Whole Foods and supposedly makes 300k a year. Good luck with that buddy.
At DailyKos, a roundup of various opinions on the matter. Granted, most of them echo each other.
Here’s my personal thing. I don’t shop at Wal-Mart for a variety of reasons. I don’t shop at Home Depot since their CEO wanted anyone who backed a union to be “shot dead”.
Basically, I don’t buy stuff at places that adamantly are against me and mine and the things we support. Granted, mass media demands companies to advertise as many places as possible so I get that there is a bit of impossibility in the task.
That said, I used to grab lunch at Whole Foods and sit outside and read a book. (The one closest to us is across the way from a Borders.) Well, that’s done.
There may be a need to go to the damned place now and then (they have excellent cheeses) but I’ll be doing my damnedest to avoid giving this twit my hard earned cash whenever possible.
A nice point-by-point retort of Whole Foods CEO John Mackey’s health care talking points. Basically, sure a lot of people are angry, but the guy made some points based on what he thought was good logic.
Challenging that logic with the bright light of reality is what is needed.
Not that voting with our dollars wouldn’t, but it is better for the guy to know why his sales might be down.
Coverage and opinion from The Chicago Tribune, Nashville Scene, AmericaBlog (plus bonus editorial), and BuzzFlash – whoever they are.
About.com is hosting an article concerning the boycott of Whole Foods and here is the Single Payer Action site’s argument for said boycott.
Yet another interesting conversation with Michael Pollan. This time he berates the Food Network for making cooking a passive entertainment option instead of something people can learn to do for themselves.
“Now imagine he was Muslim and waiting for Bush with a gun. What do you think would have happened then?”
Some folks are trying to pooh-pooh away the fact that some anti-American asshat was loitering around President Obama’s town hall today in New Hampshire.
In a church yard. Strapped with a pistol. Holding a sign advocating revolution.
Thankfully, some folks, like Cenk Uygur, is calling it what it is: borderline insurrection. Nip it in the bud. Right now.
UPDATE: He was still selling crazy and trying to dodge responsibility for his words and actions in 2014. Yep, he’s a conservative.
I keep reading all these opinion articles on how the President and Democrats in general have “gone wrong” on selling health care reform.
Granted, they’ve been behind the ball on getting people organized on their behalf, but is this really a sin?
Paul Krugman had a good article on this recently.
No, if the Democrats have done something wrong, it is mistaking their opposition as being pro-democracy, pro-America, and pro-progress.
Instead, we have a bunch of racists bleating as loudly as possible to silence public discourse. They parrot soundbites fed to them by corporate lobbyists, fringe hate groups, and even churches. Wait? Wasn’t Luke a discipline of Christ? What gives?
They don’t want debate. They do not even want to have their situation improved, as many of them would if health care reform passes.
No, we have public servants on government health care crying about “death panels” and “forced euthanasia”. We have seniors on Medicare bitching about wanting no socialized medicine. We have veterans venting about not offering services to Americans that THEY ALREADY ENJOY.
So fine, someone should give them the courtesy of appealing to their grievances.
Offer every Republican and Blue Dog the chance to opt out of the health care we give Congressmen and Senators.
Allow every senior the option to opt out of Medicare. Give them a flat check of whatever they contributed over the life of their employment, with no interest, and then tax it. And then, make them sign something that states they will never, ever bitch about needing a hand on pain of a $10,000 fine and 90 days in jail per offense.
And don’t even think of asking for any form of public assistance.
Give the VA folks who hate health reform access to rudimentary checkups and preventative care. And that’s it. Every other vet who gets the point will have vastly improved service as a result of their generosity.
As for Social Security, same concept. Here’s a check for the amount you paid in; no interest, and yes, we’re taking our cut for the taxes. Good luck with your golden years as you are basically kissing our ass goodbye.
In short, stop trying to screw the rest of America because you can’t think beyond your Dittohead talking points.
There is a lot of good, honest analysis of the cretins opposing, well, ANYTHING our President is doing, but particularly on health care reform.
In addition, an update to an old anti-Reaganite polemic:
I AM AN AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE SHITHEEL
This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US department of energy. I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the municipal water utility. After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC regulated channels to see what the National Weather Service of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration determined the weather was going to be like, using satellites designed, built, and launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. I watched this while eating my breakfast of US Department of Agriculture inspected food and taking the drugs which have been determined as safe by the Food and Drug Administration.
At the appropriate time as regulated by the US Congress and kept accurate by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the US Naval Observatory, I get into my National Highway Traffic Safety Administration approved automobile and set out to work on the roads build by the local, state, and federal departments of transportation, possibly stopping to purchase additional fuel of a quality level determined by the Environmental Protection Agency, using legal tender issed by the Federal Reserve Bank. On the way out the door I deposit any mail I have to be sent out via the US Postal Service and drop the kids off at the public school.
After spending another day not being maimed or killed at work thanks to the workplace regulations imposed by the Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, enjoying another two meals which again do not kill me because of the USDA, I drive my NHTSA car back home on the DOT roads, to ny house which has not burned down in my absence because of the state and local building codes and fire marshal’s inspection, and which has not been plundered of all it’s valuables thanks to the local police department.
I then log on to the internet which was developed by the defense advanced research projects administration and post on freerepublic and Fox news forums about how SOCIALISM in medicine is BAD because the government can’t do anything right.
How would you like to combat fringe zealot Talibangelical arguments with actual truth. Noam Levey of the Los Angeles Times wrote a pretty good article on the subject. I heard him on Here and Now today (link) and it was a lot of useful info.
Even the government is finally figuring out that someone should call out these idiots and have a Reality Check website.
Howard Dean takes on Sarah Palin’s lies.
In the end though, we have to rely on John Stewart and team to truly confront these fools:
Comedy Central video link: Healthier Skelter
Comedy Central video link: Healthier Skelter – Obama Death Panel Debate
More crazy, lying BS regarding health care reform from the delusional idiots of the GOP.